Upcoming calendar

EDITOR’S NOTE: This calendar is being regularly updated to reflect all event cancellations and postponements. However, it is recommended that readers contact event organizers before they attend. For the most updated version of the calendar, please visit saratogian.com.

SARATOGA CHOWDER TOUR & FEST: Chowder Fest is back and better than ever! Last year’s Chowder Tour was very successful, so we’re adding the opportunity for restaurants to offer chowder all week long and ending the week with the family-friendly celebration we all know and love! The Saratoga Chowder Tour, which features dine-in or purchase pints and quarts to-go at participating restaurants throughout the week, is scheduled for Saturday, January 29— Saturday, February 5. For Chowder Fest on Saturday, February 5from 11am-4pm there will be live entertainment, family-friendly activities and $2chowder samples. Participants will have a chance to vote on their favorite chowder. More information is available online at https:// www.discoversaratoga.org/ events/chowderfest/.

SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS: Regular Saratoga Springs City Council meetings are held on the first and third Tuesday of every month at 7:00p.m. City Council meetings are held in the Music Hall at City Hall at this time. Meetings are open to the public, and admission into the room will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Check the meeting agenda for times of Public Hearings. The Ramp

Door on the Broadway entrance to the building will be open for public access at 6:30p.m. The Council routinely reviews and approves Rules of Conduct for public meetings, which will be followed at all meetings of the City Council, including the Public Comment period, for the benefit of all citizens. Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval. The meetings are also livestreamed on the city’s website at www.saratoga-springs.org, where more information is available.

BALLSTON SPA COMMITTEE MEETING: The Village of Ballston Spa’s Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee will meet twice during the month of January to identify and discuss the effects of climate change and information technology advancements on the development, population, employment and economic prosperity of the village. The meetings will be held on the first and third Thursdays of the month, January 6and January 20, at 7pm at the Saratoga County Office Building at 50West High Street in Ballston Spa. The January 6meeting will feature guest speaker Dr. Bruce Piasecki, founder and president of AHC Group Inc., a general management consulting firm specializing in growth, energy, environment and sustainability. Dr. Piasecki will lead the discussion on how to address upcoming trends in climate and IT. The Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee has been formed to work in conjunction with a professional planning consultant to identify and study several topics over the course of the next year in order to create a final plan for approval by the Village board of trustees. All meetings are open to the public, either in-person attendance or via Zoom. Zoom link will be available prior to each meeting at https://www.villageofballstonspa.org/comprehensive-plansteering-committee. For more information, contact steering committee chairperson Karen Martell at karenmartell27@gmail.com or the Village Office at 518885-5711, villageclerk@villageofballstonspa.org.

WINTER COAT DRIVE: Shelters of Saratoga has partnered with Fingerpaint to provide winter coats to anyone in need this winter. The 3rd annual “Take One, Leave One” winter coat drive was created as an easy way to provide warm coats for anyone in need one. The coat rack is centrally located in downtown Saratoga Springs in front of the Fingerpaint building at 395Broadway. Community members wishing to donate are encouraged to hang gently used or new coats on the rack which will be available through the winter.

LAKE GEORGE WINTER CARNIVAL: The Lake George Winter Carnival takes place each weekend throughout February. For 2022, that’s February 5& 6, 12 & 13, 19 & 20, and 26 & 27. Relish the warmth of tasty samples during the chowder, chili, BBQ, and chicken wing cook-offs. Witness the always hilarious and fun outhouse races — a crowd pleasing favorite — as well as ATV races, polar plunges, fireworks, and more! Kids can participate in children’s activities, go for a pony ride, and toast marshmallows on the beach. And that’s just a sample; there’s so much fun for everyone. A complete list of events and activities is available online at https://www.lakegeorge.com/winter/carnival/.

BLOOMIN’ 4 GOOD: Brighten up your day with a bouquet of flowers that gives back in the local community! CCE Saratoga County’s Farm to School Program has been selected by local Hannaford store leadership as the benefiting non-profit in the brand-new Hannaford Bloomin’ 4Good Program for the month of January. The Hannaford Bloomin’ 4Good Program is an easy way for shoppers to give back as part of the regular shopping routine. Every $12 Bloomin’ 4Good Bouquet with the red circle sticker sold supports a non-profit local to the Hannaford in which it was purchased. As part of this ongoing program, every month at every Hannaford location a different local non- profit is selected to benefit from the sale of the Bloomin’ 4Good Bouquet. CCE Saratoga County’s Farm to School Program was selected as the January beneficiary by local store leadership at the Hannaford located at 43 Round Lake Road, Ballston Lake, NY. CCE Saratoga County’s Farm to School Program will receive a $1donation for every $12.00 Bloomin’ 4Good Bouquet purchased at this Hannaford location in January. For more information about the Hannaford Bloomin’ 4Good Program, please visit hannaford.bloomin4good.com.

FISH FRY FRIDAYS: Fish Creek Rod and Gun Club will start Fish Fry Friday on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022from 4:00— 7:00 PM , and continue every Friday through April 15, 2022. All are welcome, members and non-members. Menu includes but is not limited to: Fish Fry, Chicken Fry, Clam Fry, Popcorn Shrimp, Buffalo Shrimp, Coconut Shrimp, Scallops, Chowder, Dinners are served with your choice of french fries or onion rings, coleslaw and sauce, ask about our extras and beverages. You are welcome to eat in at our club house, or call ahead for Take Out. Please contact 518695-3917for more information.

SOUTHERN SARATOGA ART SOCIETY EXHIBITS: Artist Karen Woodin will be exhibiting at the Clifton Park Senior Community Center, 6Clifton Common Court, Tel.#: 5183831343. Her collection titled “A Moment in Time & Place” will be on exhibit during Jan. & Feb., 2022. Karen is an award winning landscape plein air artist whose paintings often capture a sense of place and moment in time through the effective communication of color, texture and composition with a delicate handling of details and water reflection. Artist Jean Skanes is exhibiting in the Town of Clifton Park Lobby, 1 Town Hall Plaza, Tel.#: 518-371-6651 during the month of Jan., 2022. Jean is a watercolorist who primarily paints landscapes. She prefers softer tones and light colors but occasionally works with a bolder palette. Both artists are members of SSAS. Stop in and visit these exhibits and support the arts in Southern Saratoga County. For more information on SSAS, visit: southernsaratogaartist.com.

STRONGER TOGETHER ANNUAL DINNER: The Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce will celebrate its 104th year with a Stronger Together Annual Dinner, hosted on Tuesday, May 17th from 6:00 to 9:30 p.m. at the Saratoga Springs City Center. Over the past two years, the Chamber has been a vital part in being visible and vocal for all local businesses and non profits in Saratoga County. We have led the charge in rebuilding our communities to come back from a pandemic stronger than ever before through our new initiatives of Save Our Locals, Help Wanted Saratoga County, I Got the Shot campaign, and more currently, our $20.21 Save Our Locals program to raise awareness of keeping dollars spent in the local community! Please join us in our celebration of individuals who have helped Saratoga County not just these past few years, but with lifetime achievements, and reflect on the accomplishments that this Chamber and community has done, together! At this time, we are currently booking 2022 Sponsorships. Tickets will be on sale late Winter 2022. All current guidelines this Spring given by the CDC will be followed for this event in May 2022.

FARM TO LIBRARY PROGRAM: Stillwater Public Library participates in the Farm to Library program. We receive weekly deliveries of fresh foods to share with our community. Free for all! Open Mon-Thurs 10 am — 8pm, Friday- Sat 10am3 pm. Phone: (518) 664-6255. Website: stillwater.sals.edu. ART EXHIBIT: The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College presents Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science, a new exhibition featuring historical artifacts and contemporary art that demonstrate the ways in which fiber craft techniques and materials have influenced and impacted scientific fields like mathematics, digital technology, medicine, and more. The exhibition runs January 29 through June 12, 2022. Visitors will encounter works that span centuries and are made by artists, scientists, and mathematicians alike. In addition to looking at historical connections between fiber art and science, the exhibition explores future intersections of these two fields and how they can improve our world. The exhibition also features the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, a collaborative artwork made up of hundreds of crocheted corals created in the last year by amateur crafters and professional artists from the Capital Region and beyond. The reef installation is one of nearly fifty such satellite reefs created around the world as part of the Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring. A celebration of interdisciplinary creativity and collaborative learning, the exhibition foregrounds each of these works as at once fine art, process-driven craft, and scientific tool, reframing the histories of fiber/science intersections and asking how artists continue to engage in scientific inquiry through fiber and how the medium can be used to improve our world for the future. The public reception will be Saturday, January 29, from 5to 6:30pm. Admission to the museum is free. All visitors are required to show proof of vaccination and to wear masks. For more information, call the Visitors Services Desk at 518-580-8080. In conjunction with the exhibition, the opening reception will be preceded on the afternoon of Friday, January 28, and all-day Saturday, January 29, by Radical Fiber: A Symposium on Art and Science. Participants will hear from invited scholars, artists, and thinkers in academia, business, tech, and the arts on the historical, present, and potential future connections of fiber-based practice and the sciences. They will also be able to take part in weaving demonstrations, curator-led exhibition tours, and interactive workshops to create e-textiles and mathematical models. Together, the symposium and exhibition embrace the values of cross-disciplinary collaboration and engagement and highlight the value of artists to offer solutions to our most challenging questions today. We will think creatively about the future of textiles—their role in our lives historically and how moments of scientific progress in textiles can inspire future innovation, their technological possibilities for social good, the need for a more sustainable and climatefriendly textile industry, and more. The symposium is free and open to the public and will be held in person at the Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs. Registration details, speaker and workshop schedule, and safety guidelines are on the website at tang.skidmore.edu.

WINTER SPORTS RENTALS: Don’t hibernate all winter! Cross country skiing and snowshoeing are great ways to explore the outdoors during this time of year. Starting the weekend of January 8th 2022, cross country skis and snowshoes will be available for rent every Saturday and Sunday through March 13th. Rentals will also be available during the school vacation week from February 21st through February 25th. Both adult and child sizes available, meaning the whole family can enjoy the winter scenes of Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park! The Rental Cabin is located at the Camp Saratoga North Parcel, Parking Lot #1, on Scout Road of the town of Wilton. Rentals are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for kids/students. Rentals are available between 10:00AM and 2:00PM. All rented equipment must be returned by 3:00PM. Rentals are given out on a first-come first-serve basis. For more information, please contact the Preserve & Park office at 518-450-0321 or via email at info@wiltonpreserve.org.

For up-to-date trail conditions or program information, please visit the Preserve & Park’s website at www.wiltonpreserve.org The Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park is a non-profit organization that conserves ecological systems and natural settings while providing opportunities for environmental education and outdoor recreation.